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Questions related to Launchpad.net, the website that is used for most Ubuntu open source projects.

Launchpad is a site used to host many software projects, particularly Ubuntu and its packages. It uses the Bazaar revision control system for the repositories it hosts, but Git code hosting is now in beta.

Launchpad offers code hosting, bug tracking, blueprints and more in one spot.

Links:

  1. Launchpad itself
  2. Launchpad on Wikipedia
  3. The Launchpad user guide
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How to add ppa repositories?

Possible Duplicate: What are PPAs and how do I use them? I always like to have my programs up to date but in ubuntu software center the software aren't always up to date. I know about repositorys and i'd like to add some so how can i find the…
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Why does Ubuntu use Launchpad instead of GitHub or Bitbucket?

I've been wondering why most Ubuntu projects use Launchpad.net instead of GitHub for the Version Control and bug tracking system. Is there a specific reason as to why Ubuntu uses launchpad (and hence bzr)?
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Gradle in Ubuntu for Launchpad

It appears that Ubuntu doesn't have new versions of Gradle in their repositories for some reason. I need it for a project that will be build by Launchpad. What should I do about this?
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What kind of text formatting is valid on Launchpad?

What kind of and to what extent is formatting possible on Launchpad posts such as questions and bug reports?
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How do I create a PPA for a working program?

Let's assume I have a working application written in C, C++ or Python. I want to create a Launchpad PPA so others can easily install it from a package. Please give step by step instructions for doing this from beginning to end. (Or provide a link…
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How to get a bug noticed

What is the best way to get a critical bug noticed by the right people, so it can be fixed ASAP? There is a bug with GVFS which is preventing developers, like myself, from using IDE's in 10.10. We need to downgrade to 10.04 to use our IDE software.…
Stephen RC
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How do I subscribe to a bug?

Sometimes people tell me to subscribe to a Launchpad bug so I can follow along it's progress, how do I do this?
Jorge Castro
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How can I publish my project code online so someone can help me with it?

My local project has some code that is not working, and I'd like to show it to someone to have a look at and possibly give me a hand with it. This isn't a short snippet or a single file; there are multiple files and directories involved. How can I…
David Planella
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How do I propose my project to be part of Debian too?

I have a new project hosted at launchpad.net. My project can be useful for both: Ubuntu and Debian. However, I can't find a documentation to start host my project at launchpad.net and get my package mirrored back to Debian. How to propose my…
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Upload to PPA succeeded but packages doesn't appear

I'm trying to upload packages to my PPA for the first time. I want to use the PPA for customized versions of the OpenStack Compute (nova) project, so I tried to do a test by uploading packages corresponding to the bexar release of this project…
Lorin Hochstein
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How to fix Launchpad PPA which uses a key with weak algorithm?

My sudo apt update output has warnings like the following: W: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/apandada1/blanket/ubuntu/dists/noble/InRelease: Signature by key 95ACDEBD8BFF99ABE0F26A49A507B2BBA7803E3B uses weak algorithm (rsa1024) W:…
Archisman Panigrahi
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How to prepare auto-updating PPA?

I have some source code in an SVN repo which is updated daily. Is there a way to push this source package into a PPA that would update from the SVN trunk and build the new packages for me? Or do I need my own mechanism for pushing new source…
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How do I submit a patch to a Launchpad project?

With a Git/GitHub background and knowing very little about Bazaar VCS, I would like to occasionally report a bug to projects hosted on Launchpad, and even send a patch. I'd like to do it in a "proper" way so that it's ready for merging or…
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Git on Launchpad

I develop most of my code in Git repos, now that I've become slightly more active on Launchpad I've started picking up Bazaar which has two "small" difference from Git's workflow that ride against how I usually develop code. While I don't mind using…
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What is a paper cut?

The One Hundred Paper Cuts project says it will fix 100 'paper cuts' in each release cycle. What is the definition of a paper cut?
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